Using information obtained from half the Negro students (about fifty) at the University of Michigan in 1939-1940, considers economic, academic, social and health adjustment problems.
"Compares representative samples of Negro and white aged living in [Detroit] metropolitan area and points out the differences in need for, use of, and out-of-pocket expenditures for health services."
Contrasts state white and non-white rates; discusses Michigan's unfavorable position in state rankings and the number on Michigan killer of non-whites--tuberculosis.
Surveys Children's, Crittenden, Grace, New Grace, Harper, Holy Cross, Mt. Carmel, Mercy, Providence, St. Joseph's Mercy, Sinai, and Woman's Hospitals as to medical and nursing staff, and patient practices.